Trucks, Legends & Pick Up Trucks at Donington

Donington Park hosted the BTRA (British Truck Racing Association) last weekend weekend (24th &23rd July) at and as always it was a packed racing schedule as the organisation ran 10 truck races held over the two day meeting…

Truck Racing is very popular here in the UK and this weekend was no exception and a large crowds packed into the Derbyshire circuit to witness round 5 of the 2016 series. After battling all weekend, Ryan Smith secured two wins and Stuart Oliver two wins with both drivers also taking runner up positions in a number of races. The end result enabled Smith to extend his championship lead by 13 points – it remains close at the top of the table.

In Division 2, Scania driver Trevor Martin managed a fantastic double win on the Saturday and strong finishes on the Sunday taking him up the table to 3rd overall in the BTRA Championship. Other winners included Ryan Coleson, Adam Bint and Andy Lovenberry. Adam Bint had been leading the the championship going into the weekend but two retirements has meant that he has now dropped into P2 in the championship standings – a solid and consistent performance by John Powell at the meeting secures him top spot. Drivers head to Silverstone for round 6 on the weekend of the 13th & 14th August.

Pick Up Truck Racing Championship

Freddie LEE
Michael SMITH
Paul TOMPKINS

Mark WILLIS
Lea WOOD
Scott BOURNE

UK National legends Championship

Heat 1 Saturday & Sunday:

John PATERSON
John MICKEL
Robert KING

John PATERSON
John MICKEL
Stephen WHITELEGG

Heat 2 Saturday & Sunday:

John PATERSON
John MICKEL
Robert KING

John PATERSON
Stephen WHITELEGG
Matthew PAPE

Final:

John MICKEL
Paul SIMMONS
John PATERSON

David HUNTER
Stephen WHITELEGG
Matthew PAPE

Also at the track racing hard was the Hyundai Coupe Cup, Kumho BMW Championship and the Luna Logistics Classic FF1600’s. Full results can be found here.